Dave Bing vs. Josh Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Howard and Dave Bing, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Josh Howard, who played 10. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Josh Howard had his rookie season in 2003-04. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dave Bing	12	5	1966-67 to 1977-78
Josh Howard	10	7	2003-04 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1966-67	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Josh Howard	67	23.7	8.6	2.2	3.3	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.9	.430	0.3	1.0	.303	1.4	2.1	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	5	17.4	5.4	3.4	3.0	6.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.4	1.6	7.2	.222	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 2
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1967-68	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Josh Howard	76	32.2	12.6	2.2	4.1	6.4	1.4	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.8	5.0	10.4	.475	0.4	1.5	.296	2.2	3.1	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
Josh Howard	13	33.1	15.5	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.2	4.6	6.0	11.9	.503	0.3	1.2	.250	3.2	4.2	.745


Season 3
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1968-69	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Josh Howard	59	32.5	15.6	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.9	12.6	.471	0.5	1.1	.429	3.3	4.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	23	35.8	16.7	1.8	5.7	7.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.7	6.1	13.4	.453	1.0	2.8	.369	3.5	4.3	.808


Season 4
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1969-70	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	70	33.3	22.9	-	-	4.3	6.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	18.5	.444	-	-	-	6.5	8.3	.783
Josh Howard	70	35.1	18.9	1.9	4.9	6.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.0	15.4	.459	1.3	3.4	.385	3.5	4.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	6	41.3	21.3	2.5	7.3	9.8	2.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	3.7	8.5	16.5	.515	1.2	3.0	.389	3.2	4.5	.704


Season 5
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1970-71	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Josh Howard	76	36.3	19.9	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.7	7.5	16.4	.455	0.9	2.8	.319	4.1	5.1	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	5	34.2	12.6	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.0	4.2	14.4	.292	0.2	2.0	.100	4.0	5.0	.800


Season 6
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1971-72	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	45	43.0	22.6	-	-	4.1	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	19.8	.414	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.785
Josh Howard	52	32.0	18.0	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.6	6.8	15.1	.451	1.1	3.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	10	29.5	15.8	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.8	.438	0.8	3.2	.250	3.8	4.9	.776


Season 7
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1972-73	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Josh Howard	35	26.2	12.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.6	4.5	11.1	.405	0.7	2.5	.267	3.1	4.0	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1973-74	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
Josh Howard	18	22.7	8.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	9.0	.358	0.4	1.6	.241	1.6	2.6	.617

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1974-75	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
Josh Howard	43	23.0	8.7	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.4	.399	0.2	0.9	.243	1.7	2.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
Josh Howard	4	15.8	3.8	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.3	0.5	.500	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1975-76	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Josh Howard	11	18.8	6.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.8	7.0	.403	0.5	1.5	.313	0.6	1.1	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Washington Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	64	23.7	10.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	-	2.3	4.2	9.3	.454	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.773
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	8	6.9	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.1	-	0.6	1.8	4.0	.438	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dave Bing	Josh Howard
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	80	28.2	13.6	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.1	5.3	11.8	.449	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.824
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave Bing vs. Josh Howard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Howard and Dave Bing, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12